A naked man with a knife shot dead by police in a church in Brive-la-Gaillarde

A naked man in his forties, who entered a church in Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze) this Wednesday, January 22, armed with a knife, was shot dead by the police whom he was threatening, learned AFP from a police source, confirming information from the daily The Mountain.

This man who arrived by car, who mutilated himself, first threatened people outside before taking refuge in the building, where the police intervened to try to arrest him. At knifepoint, they were forced to kill him, according to the same source.

The events took place at the Saint-Martin collegiate church, inside which there were several people, specifies the Auvergne newspaper, adding that the alert was given by a teenager.